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intellectual

adjective
 
🔊/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
🔊/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
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    [usually before noun] connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things 智力的；脑力的；理智的synonym mental
    • Gifted children typically show great intellectual curiosity and a wide range of interests.有天赋的孩子通常表现出极大的好奇心和广泛的兴趣。
    • an intellectual novel推理小说
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    • I don't think he has the intellectual skills necessary to study at this level.我认为他不具备学习此级别所需的知识技能。
    • It can be very difficult to measure intellectual ability.智力水平很难进行测验。
    • She has a rigorously intellectual approach to the topic.她对这个主题有严格的智力方法。
    • Students should be able to develop both their creative and intellectual powers.学生应该能够发展自己的创造力和智力。
    • Their political position is hard to justify in intellectual terms.他们的政治立场很难用智力来证明。
    • There wasn't much opportunity for intellectual discussion.没有太多的机会进行理性的讨论。
    • You can't really appreciate art from a purely intellectual standpoint.从纯理性的角度不可能真正地欣赏艺术。
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    (of a person人) well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things有才智的；智力发达的
    • She's very intellectual.她很聪慧。🔊🔊
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    • She's extremely bright, but not really intellectual.她非常聪明，但不是真正的知识分子。
    • The play was obviously written for an intellectual audience.该剧显然是为知识分子而写的。
    • His works were popular among the intellectual elite of the time.他的作品在当时很受知识精英欢迎。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.

intellectual

noun
 
🔊/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
🔊/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
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  1. a person who is well educated and enjoys activities in which they have to think seriously about things知识分子；脑力劳动者
    • He was a leading intellectual of his day.他是那个时代杰出的知识分子。
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    • Few people would regard her as an intellectual, though she speaks with great wisdom.尽管她说话很有智慧，但很少有人会认为她是知识分子。
    • Left-wing intellectuals were purged from the universities.左翼知识分子被从大学中清除。
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.